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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North: Pages 73-94.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?
(a) Sewing machines.
(b) Sinks.
(c) Stoves.
(d) Washing machines.

2. Harjo reports that John Staudenmaier had taught her to "pay attention to the poetry of" (77) what?
(a) Nature.
(b) Living.
(c) Everyday language.
(d) The wind.

3. In what year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1979.

4. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?
(a) A headache.
(b) Stiff muscles.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Congestion.

5. What element does Harjo say "can help raise a people up or call them to gather for war" (11)?
(a) Literature.
(b) Music.
(c) Hardship.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. The items along the wall in one of Harjo's classrooms at the art institute were used to train Indian students to work for what kinds of families upon graduation?

2. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?

3. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?

4. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?

5. Which person did Harjo consider the only one who had ever stood up for her against her stepfather?

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